Famous Quotes | Yet I am the necessary angel of...

Yet I am the necessary angel of earth,
Since, in my sight, you see the earth again,
Cleared of its stiff and stubborn, man-locked set,
And, in my hearing, you hear its tragic drone
Rise liquidly in liquid lingerings.... - Wallace Stevens
Attribution: Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), U.S. poet. “Angel Surrounded by Paysans.”

Categories: Angels, Earth

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